From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from smtp1.linuxfoundation.org (smtp1.linux-foundation.org [172.17.192.35]) by mail.linuxfoundation.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id D04F6932 for ; Sat, 23 Aug 2014 13:35:30 +0000 (UTC) Received: from seldrel01.sonyericsson.com (seldrel01.sonyericsson.com [212.209.106.2]) by smtp1.linuxfoundation.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 0481A1FC59 for ; Sat, 23 Aug 2014 13:35:29 +0000 (UTC) From: "Bird, Tim" To: Shuah Khan , Grant Likely Date: Sat, 23 Aug 2014 15:35:27 +0200 Message-ID: References: <20140819163621.GA15109@linux.vnet.ibm.com> , In-Reply-To: Content-Language: en-US Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable MIME-Version: 1.0 Cc: "ksummit-discuss@lists.linuxfoundation.org" Subject: Re: [Ksummit-discuss] Fwd: Rough notes from testing unconference List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , On Friday, August 22, 2014 10:59 AM, Shuah Khan wrote: > > On Fri, Aug 22, 2014 at 8:19 AM, Grant Likely = wrote: > > Rough notes from the Testing discussion during the workshop day of > > Kernel Summit. Big thanks to Paul McKenney for writing all of this > > down. > > > > Grant, > > You beat me to it. Thanks for sending the notes from the discussion and t= hanks > Paul McKenney for writing these down. > > The next steps on my plate are as follows: > > Shuah Khan: > > - Work on putting a basic framework for tests: Pass, Fail, Skip to start = with. > - update existing tests in tools/testing/selftests to use the > framework to serve as an > example for future tests. As we discussed and decided on output will > continue to go to > stdio. This will help these tests being used in other scripts that > run tests in cross > environments. > - Define profiles for short and longer time tests > - Add install target in addition to the existing kselftest target at > the top level Makefile > > I will maintain the test framework - will take care of the logistics > of MAINTAINER > file updates for this and creating a git tree. Individual test > maintainers (we have > several in MAINTAINERS file) will continue to own and maintain their test= s. > > Fixes to known cross-build failures and new tests are welcome. Please > send patches to linux-api mailing list I've been working on integration with Aboriginal (Rob Landley's=20 minimal cross-compile distro) and hope to have some results very soon. Also, I've requested a 'test' wiki on kernel.org, where we can place=20 notes, ideas, and lists of things to work on, or things in progress (like possible output format guidelines). I'll let everyone know when the wiki is set up. Thanks, -- Tim